Context Adolescent suicide rates have increased dramatically in recent decades. Suicide is
the third leading cause of mortality among persons aged 10 to 19 years. Several official …

Objectives. To determine how pediatric residency programs are responding to the new
challenges of teaching adolescent medicine (AM) to residents by assessing whether …

Objective: To determine the extent to which comprehensive health screening of adolescents
was undertaken in a tertiary inpatient setting. Design and setting: Retrospective review of …

Purpose: To improve resident education in provision of adolescent preventive health care.
The American Medical Association (AMA) Residency Training in Adolescent Preventive …

PURPOSE:: To determine the factors associated with the intentions of pediatric residents to:
1) screen adolescents for high risk behaviors using the Guidelines for Adolescent preventive …

Trabalho realizado para aferir a instrumentalização recebida por pediatras em curso de
Capacitação em Atenção à Saúde Integral do Adolescente. O curso foi realizado no Setor …

Purpose Pediatric residents often cite a lack of confidence with adolescents owing to
minimal exposure during training. Self-efficacy has been evaluated in a general context but …

PURPOSE:: To describe the extent to which health maintenance organizations (HMOs)
provide preventive health services to female adolescent enrollees. METHODS:: All …

Purpose Practicing and resident pediatricians report inadequate skill in caring for
adolescents, despite adolescents comprising roughly one-quarter of most general and …

Adolescent medicine has emerged as a discipline in the present era with few key curricular
or skill areas clarified and little consensus regarding the acceptance and interest generated …